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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Hey, I did not see this, great plugin, thanks Thom! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘


      Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

      test.png

      Gai...

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        @gaieus said:

        Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

        What version of SU did you use?
        Got a screencapture?

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • HumpmetwiceH Offline
          Humpmetwice
          last edited by

          Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

            After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • HumpmetwiceH Offline
              Humpmetwice
              last edited by

              @thomthom said:

              After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

              I know and it doesn't give me any file type to save it as at all.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                You have to type the file type yourself - there is no list of file types because the SketchUp Ruby API doesn't let me provide one.

                So if you want to save a jpg file just enter "myfile.jpg" in the file dialog.
                filedialog.png

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  @gaieus said:

                  Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

                  What version of SU did you use?
                  Got a screencapture?

                  The most recent one; SU 8.

                  Here is a screen capture; now with a different codec than the one you could not open the other day if you remember...


                  test2.avi

                  Gai...

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    That baffles me. I have no idea why this happens. Exactly the same works for me... ❓ πŸ˜• ❓


                    test1.zip

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Well, sigh... I can always use LO for exporting png's with transparent background...

                      Maybe it's an XP thing?

                      Gai...

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        I don't know. Haven't got an XP machine at hand right now. Could be an SketchUp bug...

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          Well, you know where to report it (and who has all sorts of machines). I have no clue about the ins and outs of ruby. I could never make a proper bug report on plugins!
                          πŸ˜„

                          Gai...

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Just to narrow it down to a simple test case - can you try this one-liner?

                            <span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">write_image</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">filename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxstring">'C;\test.png'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">640</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">480</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">antialias</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transparent</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">trueΒ </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span>
                            

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            • GaieusG Offline
                              Gaieus
                              last edited by

                              Try what? Enter the ruby console? I get this:


                              test.png

                              Gai...

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black] then the image will export with a transparent background in place of the 'pure-black', when you open it in Gimp or a web-browser etc you will see there is no background... πŸ€“test.png

                                TIG

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @tig said:

                                  If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black]

                                  Should not need to do this - I export with the default SketchUp Sky - still I get transparency.

                                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    @tig said:

                                    If you set the background color to be 0,0,0 [pure-black]

                                    Should not need to do this - I export with the default SketchUp Sky - still I get transparency.

                                    That's not entirely correct... iIF you have a Sky and/or Ground ticked in your Style you will not get a transparent background to the png for the areas that these parts 'cover'.
                                    BUT if you have the Sky AND Ground un-ticked in your Style then I agree - the color of the Background itself is irrelevant because whatever it is when the have the png export transparency set 'on' that background is made 'transparent' - no matter what color it is - white, black, magenta or anything else!

                                    TIG

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      I get Transparency with Sky on. But not with Ground.

                                      ...Gaieus... do you have the Ground on?

                                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Correction: Sky do appear when exporting. I just always tried with a view looking down so no sky was visible.

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          I get Transparency with Sky on. But not with Ground.

                                          ...Gaieus... do you have the Ground on?

                                          I find that both sky and ground obscure my png's background transparency ?
                                          I need to have sky and ground both off to have a fully transparent background in the png, BUT even then shadows on the ground-pane will show up floating is space so you need to have that option off too...

                                          TIG

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                                          • FrederikF Offline
                                            Frederik
                                            last edited by

                                            Don't know why I haven't seen this gem before today... 😳

                                            Awesome, Thomas...!
                                            Thank you SO much...!!

                                            Cheers
                                            Kim Frederik

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